Lomography is a new take on an old style of analogue photography. The Lomo L-CA, from which Lomography takes its name, was a camera originally produced during the Communist period in St. Petersburg, Russia, though the design has recently been bought up by a Swiss firm who market it as a 'fashion camera'. The Lomo L-CA has a maximum film speed of 400 ISO, and (like all modern point and shoot cameras) keeps the shutter open long enough for each picture to be accurately exposed. The combination of automatic exposure, relatively fast film speeds, and small size encourages the Lomo user to take slightly absract photographs.
Lomography emphasizes a casual 'shoot from the hip' attitude. Never mind when a a picture is out of focus or the framing is odd. Shoot first, judge later. Others use the technique to document everyday life, not by a well composed picture, taken at exactly the right moment, but rather by producing a series of undirected pictures that together tell a story. There are a large number of Lomography websites.
